Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ambiguation

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: am-bigua-tion
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

act of ambiguating

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₂énts? Proto-Indo-European *h₂m̥bʰíder. Proto-Italic *amβi- Latin ambi- Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵeti Proto-Italic *agō Latin agō Latin ambig(ō) Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Italic *-wos Latin -uus Latin ambiguuslbor. English ambigu(ous) Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English ambiguation Stem of ambiguous (from Latin ambiguus) with suffix -ation.

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: ambiguus

Inflected Forms

ambiguations (plural)

Antonyms

disambiguation

Questions

What does ambiguation mean?: act of ambiguating
Where does ambiguation come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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